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Bananas are good for blood type Os & Bs but if you read around on other low carb diets they get the bad rap due to high carb/sugar content. I didn't eat bananas in my 30s because of this and regret it.

This past spring I read something about resistant starch in unripe/green bananas and added them back. Bananas are lower on the glycemic index when unripe and also better tasting imo. Studies show the resistant starch helps burn fat & is good for you.

Compared to apples I have much lower insulin response to an unripe banana. Truly the perfect pre dinner "snack" for me.

someone sometime mentioned that it was more accurate from about age 13 or something like that, (swami) it pretty clear she is a mix of explorer and gatherer, higher gather at the mo, but i think that can change. It's no biggie really she doing great, so we're delighted.

she just seems to be similar to her mum in some ways re food , but also so similar to me re food and especially personality. i suspect she will end up being a explorer in the end, just a feeling.

someone sometime mentioned that it was more accurate from about age 13 or something like that, (swami) it pretty clear she is a mix of explorer and gatherer, higher gather at the mo, but i think that can change. It's no biggie really she doing great, so we're delighted.

she just seems to be similar to her mum in some ways re food , but also so similar to me re food and especially personality. i suspect she will end up being a explorer in the end, just a feeling.

I would think that finger length and wrist encirclement would remain fairly constant. I have always had longer ring fingers and could always easily circle my writst with my other hand. Those are at least two measurements you could look at.

I like bananas when they are yellow with a bit of green still on them, in between unripe and ripe. I do very well on them. They are filling and don't seem to give me blood sugar issues. They're a great portable and quick snack for when I'm on the run. I have a banana most days. It's my "banana a day" thing. If I have a handful of nuts with it, it's a quick meal.

I like ripe bananas... not over-ripe but the "perfect ripeness," just before the black dots appear. I have heard of an old lady (a friend's grandmother) who used to eat over-ripe bananas every day and she lived to a ripe old age .

I've always liked unripe and I think I'll go back to eating them that way.

Can anyone define what unripe means? Not being pedantic but is "just ripe" a more accurate description - or do some people actually like them when they are starchy & stick to your teeth tasting?!

I love them when they have just turned from green, but can't eat them if they are not past that starchy taste...& I feel physically repulsed by the smell of over ripe bananas in the shops Or it may also be a reaction to the gassing they do to ripen them as well?!

By my definition, green means green - as in the banana is not yellow, or is starting to turn yellow. I have seen many Asian people eat them at this stage. This is usually an indication that the starches have not turned to sugar, yet.

Thanks ABJoe - like I said, it would be unusual to eat them when they are crunchy sticky type green though??!!

Sorry, I deleted a post by mistake... This was originally just after reply #16.

By my definition, green means green - as in the banana is not yellow, or is starting to turn yellow. I have seen many Asian people eat them at this stage. This is usually an indication that the starches have not turned to sugar, yet.

Fully yellow is what I consider ripe.

Brown spots indicates to me that the banana is ready for banana bread, although I have eaten them with some brown spots...

Of course, this was pre-BTD, as banana has been an avoid for everyone in our house since we started BTD.

By my definition, green means green - as in the banana is not yellow, or is starting to turn yellow. I have seen many Asian people eat them at this stage. This is usually an indication that the starches have not turned to sugar, yet.

I have never seen a single Asian people eat them! Where do these Asian people live???